Pleasantville Police Jail

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The Pleasantville Police Jail is located at 108 West Jackson Street in Pleasantville, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Pleasantville Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything related to the Pleasantville Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Pleasantville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and advice you need to make going to jail easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Pleasantville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Pleasantville Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can find info for anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Pleasantville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Pleasantville Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer a number of questions, such as your full name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the telephone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Pleasantville Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Pleasantville Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 515-848-3112 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Pleasantville Police Jail you have to be on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Pleasantville Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Pleasantville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Pleasantville Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Pleasantville Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Pleasantville Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Marion County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a court docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the Marion County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Pleasantville Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so check the Pleasantville Police Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Pleasantville Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Pleasantville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 515-848-3112 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Pleasantville Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products including soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

All phone calls from the Pleasantville Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 515-848-3112

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Pleasantville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Pleasantville Police Jail, click the link below.

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